This isn't crazy. Ludicrous medical "excuse" (remember bone spurs?) gives him cover, MAGA gets Vance, GOP breathes a sigh of relief to not have to cope with a lunatic daily. Many on the right claim to hate Vance, but they have no convictions to begin with. Not a great scenario.
Nate Silver Says He Has 'Weird Intuition' Trump May 'Quit' Presidency mediaite.com/media/podcasts/…
Those oysters ain't gonna shuck themselves, Susie. Get crackin'!
NEW: In a bitter post-defeat interview with one of her favorite beltway media errand-runners (Carl Hulse of The New York Times) Susan Collins lashes out, putting the blame for her loss squarely on the voters themselves; says Mainers lost sight of what matters. #MEpolitics
This is why the DSA will be bothersome gnats to Democrats, but no more than that. It was a blue wave, not a red one.
The lesson from Iowa and Kansas?
The winning candidates were “comfortable being a different type of Democrat,” @Lis_Smith told me. They worked hard to persuade independents and Republicans, even if “it didn’t always earn them fans online.”
Spoken like a man who is well and truly fucked.
Too late. The terrible swift sword is already being sharpened.
“The country has had enough.”
Trump told me this morning that he has not spoken to Schumer or Jeffries since the election, but:
“I think we can get along. it's good for the country if we do. The country has had enough.”
He says he has spoken to other Democrats since the election:
“There are others - not them - but people, other democrats, who have been calling. I have friends over there."
Republican majority in both houses, Congress out of session, two days after the election, some seats still outstanding, two months before the new Congress is sworn in:
"So far there has been no movement on any of it" 🤡
Day 2 since Democrats won control of the House and Congress.
They campaigned on cost-of-living relief, bringing grocery, gas, and utility prices down, free or low-cost healthcare, and releasing the Epstein files.
Local Democrats, especially Democratic governors, campaigned on affordability.
So far there has been no movement on any of it. I will hold them to these commitments and remind them of exactly what they promised EVERY DAY!
Been thinking a lot about the great directors coasting to the ends of their careers—Scorsese, Coppola, De Palma—and it occurred to me that a sequel to Lost in America—the Howards now, an elegy for Boomers—would be a spectacular blaze of glory for @AlbertBrooks to go out on. 🤞
Will is thoughtful and eloquent here, as usual. I anticipated that "please hold the giddiness" would be his characteristic admonition to Dems to curb their enthusiasm, get serious, and lead. But it turned out to be something far more sobering.
Voters rightly punished Trumpism. But please hold the giddiness.
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Proud of this
Hey, @RogerJStoneJr! Greetings from South Fork, you limp-dicked, washed-up asshole. Take your thrashing, go sit your ass down at the kids' table where you belong, and drink your Ensure, you slack fucking twat.
I genuinely love that Massie has become Slim Pickens riding the nuke at the end of Dr. Strangelove. The Trump "experiment" needs to be a dire cautionary tale for any would-be imitators. It stops here. It stops now.
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Jared Kushner has painted himself into a corner
As part of an unprecedented effort to lead negotiations while being on the payroll of foreign gov'ts, Kushner has insisted that he is NOT a gov't official — just a volunteer
This will make it very difficult for him to defeat a Congressional subpeona
Again, I repeat: Vance is far more dangerous than Trump. Clearly more craven and manipulative; and, yes, he's "smarter." Better to have a weak Trump for two more years than a head start for Vance. Let him twist in the wind until then. His political career is otherwise over.
BREAKING: PRIVATE ANNIE ANDREWS MESSAGE TO LIZ CHURCHILL LEAKED
Relax. This is rote post-election posturing; a love-fest mirage at most. The gloves will be off soon enough. Leadership hasn't even been selected, and bloodthirsty Dems who aren't feeling particularly conciliatory hold a lot of cards and can extract a LOT from Trump/Jeffries.
Jared French (lower right, second photo in OP), an artist himself, was also clearly something of a muse: His stunning 1931(!) portrait by Paul Cadmus (upper left, second photo in OP) now hangs in the Toledo Museum of Art. A gorgeous naked man reading Joyce in bed? Yes, please!
Luigi Lucioni (b. 04 November 1900) was an Italian-American painter and printmaker celebrated for his meticulously detailed landscapes, luminous still lifes, and portraits of prominent cultural figures. His work combined extraordinary technical precision with a romanticized vision of rural America.
Born in Malnate, Italy, Lucioni immigrated to the United States with his family in 1911, eventually settling in New Jersey. Displaying artistic talent from childhood, he studied at Cooper Union and New York's National Academy of Design. His first solo exhibition in 1927 established him as a rising talent, and in 1932, at just 31, he became the youngest artist to have a painting purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Although best remembered for his serene depictions of Vermont's rolling hills, weathered barns, and graceful birch trees, Lucioni also inhabited New York's sophisticated artistic and gay cultural circles. During his Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation fellowship, Lucioni roomed with fellow painter Paul Cadmus. He quickly became an integral part of a prominent gay artistic and literary circle in Greenwich Village that included Cadmus, Jared French, George Platt Lynes, arts patron and balletomane Lincoln Kirstein, and the influential writer, critic, and photographer Carl Van Vechten—with whom Lucioni is believed to have had an affair. Lucioni often painted those within his immediate social orbit. A notable example is his Portrait of Bob (which hangs in the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art), depicting Bob Elser—the romantic partner of popular New York bandleader Ted Straetter, who was a close friend of Lucioni.
Luigi lived a circumspect, largely closeted life, and very little is known about his romantic relationships. He never married, primarily sharing his domestic life with his sisters, Aurora and Alice, who took over his household management after their mother's death and lived with him for most of their lives.
Beginning in 1929, Lucioni divided his time between New York and Vermont, where the countryside reminded him of his native northern Italy. In 1939, he purchased a farmhouse near Manchester, transforming its barn into a studio. His painstakingly realistic paintings and etchings brought him considerable commercial success, particularly during the 1930s and 40s.
Lucioni died in New York City in 1988, at age 87. Although his traditional realism fell out of fashion during the ascendancy of Abstract Expressionism, his reputation has enjoyed renewed appreciation. A major 2022 retrospective at Vermont's Shelburne Museum reexamined his achievements and the often-overlooked influence of his gay artistic circle.
His legacy remains a fascinating combination of Old World craftsmanship, American pastoral nostalgia, and the sophisticated homosexual culture of 20th century New York. 🏳️🌈
[Luigi - self-portrait left; right - clockwise from upper left, Paul Cadmus, Ethel Waters, Jared French, and "Portrait of Bob" - Bob Elser]
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Anybody wanna watch Ben Shapiro be super duper completely wrong about how the election was going to go?
Nixoncasting®
I am going to make a bold and early call. @VivekGRamaswamy will run for POTUS and win. I think the country is ready for his message. He is young, smart, talented and will attract the center to the right to win. He speaks hard truths which many believe but fear to say.
Stayin' Alive*
*not a guarantee
California man, 97, dies at his own birthday party moments after dancing to Bee Gees' 'Stayin' Alive' trib.al/5DwKmb8
